Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, which is actually the worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is an essential custom in northern and southern China.
Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends. As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word moon cake was first included in Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty.
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Regardless of the core characteristics of moon cakes, moon cakes can be divided into Beijing-style moon cakes, Jin-style moon cakes, Cantonese-style moon cakes, Yunnan-style moon cakes, Chaozhou-style moon cakes, Soviet-style moon cakes, desktop moon cakes, Hong Kong-style moon cakes, Huizhou-style moon cakes, Qu-style moon cakes, Qin-style moon cakes and even Japanese-style moon cakes.
As far as taste is concerned, it is sweet, salty, salty and spicy; As for fillings, there are osmanthus moon cakes, plum moon cakes, five kernels, red bean paste, roses, lotus seed paste, rock sugar, ginkgo, dried pork floss, black sesame seeds, ham moon cakes and egg yolk moon cakes.
According to the crust, there are pulp crust, mixed sugar crust, crisp crust, cream crust, etc. From the modeling point of view, there are smooth surfaces and lace spots.